Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
a NAROONER.
Exciting Career of the Noted Pirate AvarJ
of the Last Century.

stands the bold Captain Ayary, one OF
the insttutOrs of NARROWING. Him we
see but dimly, half hidden by the
glamouring mists Of legend and ira
dition. Others who came afterward
outstripped him far enough in their
doings. but he stands pre-eminent as
the first Of maroOners Of whom actual
history has been handed down to US Of
the present day.
when tie English, Dutch and
Spanish entered into an alliance To
suppress buccaneerjng in the West
Indies. certain WORTHLESS of Bristol, in
Old England. fitted out two vessels to
assist in this laudable projects for
doubtless Bristol trade suffered smart
" from the Morgaus and the LOlono-
iscs Of that old time. One Of these
vessels was named the Duke, of which
Il certain Captain Gibson was the com
mandcr and Avery the mate.
Away they sailed TO the West In
dies, aud there Ayary became impress
sod by disadvantages offered by piracy,
and by the amount of good things that
were to be gained by very little srriy-
ing.
One night the captain (who was one
of those fellows nightly addicted 30
punch), instead of going ashore TO
saturate himself with rum at the or
binary, had his drink in his cabin in
private While he lay snoring away
the effects of his rum in the cabin,
Avary and few other conspirators
heayed the anchor very leisurcly, and
sailed out of the harbor Of Corunna,
and through the midst of the allied
fleet riding at anchor in the darkness.
By-and-by, when the morning came.
the captain was awakened by the
pitching aud tossing of the vessel, the
rattle and clatter OF the tackle over
head, aud the noise of footsteps pass
ing and rcpassing hither and thither
across the deck.
Whats the matter?" bawls the cap
tain from his berth
Nothing" says Avary, coolIy.
Something's the matter with the
ship, says the captain. Does she
driver What weather is it?'
ooh no, says Ayary; I'VE are at
sea
AT sea?"
Come, Gomez saws Avary: I'm
tell YOU; you must know that I'm the
captain Of the ship now, aud You must
be packing from this here cabin. We
are bound TO Madagascar, to make all
OF our fortunes, and if you're q mind
to ship for the cruise, why, we'll be
glad To have you, if you will be sober
aud mind your own business; if not,
there is a boat alongside, and I'll have
you set ashore.
Tho poor half-tipsy captain had no
relish to 20 a-piratiug under the com
mand Of his back-sliding mate, SO out
of the ship he bundled, and away hc
rowed with four or five of the crew,
who, like him, refused to Join with
their Jolly shipmates.
The rest OF them sailed away to tn,
last Indies. On his way Ayary picked
mp a couple of like kind with himself
two sloops of Madagascar. witt
these he sailed away 10 the coast o.
India, and for time his name wa.
lost in obscurity of uncertain history
But only for time for suddenly it
famed out IN a blaze of glory. 1t was
reported that Il vessel belonging tC
the Great Mogul, laden with treasure
and bearing the monarchs own daugh-
ter upon a holy pilgrimage to Mecca
(they being Mohanmedaus), had fallen
in with the pirates, and after a short
resistance had been surrendered, with
the damscl, her court, and all the dia.
monds, pearls, silk silver. and gold
aboard 1t was rumored that the
Great Mogul, raging &C the insult
offered To him through hi, own flesh
and blood, had threatened TO wipe out
of existence the few English settle
mcnts scattered along the coast
whercut the honorable East India
Company was in pretty state of fUs,
and feathers. RumOr growing with
the telling, has il that Ayary is going
to marry the Indian princess, willy.
nilly, and will turn rajah and escheW
piracy as indecent As for the treas
IRE itself. there was no end to the eN
tent TO which it grew as il passed iron
mouth to mouth.
Cracking the nut of romance an
eNaggeration, we come 10 the kerue
of the story-that Ayary did fall il
with an Indian vessel laden with grca
treasure laud possibly with the Mo
guls daughter), which he captured
and thereby gained q vast prize.
Having that he had earue
enough money by the trade he ha
undertaken. he determined to rctr
and live dorrutly for the rest of mi
life upon what he already had. A.
step toward this object Inc set abou
cheating his madagascar partners uu